I am getting sick and tired of pp randomly and frequently trashing my audio. It always deletes the audio from some point to the entire end of the timeline. If I re-import the audio it will again work fine (for a time)

What in the world is going on that so many people are having a problem with this?

This is completely absurd, simply opening and closing the premiere pro file causes significantly increased loss of video. How in the world is a person suppose to make any progress and maybe even make any money??

I'd get pretty annoyed at that myself. The good news is that your experience isn't normal, which means something is wrong with your setup, and we may be able to fix it. So...let's start with some questions:

When downloading video from Sony VX2000 I used "scene detect" and ended up with about 80, on average, clips per one hour tape. I am loading two or three of these "clips" into this project for testing. Total sequence length, maybe three minutes.

What operating system? This should include specific minor version numbers, like "Mac OSX v10.6.8"---not just "Mac".

Windows 8

What kind(s) of source footage? When telling about your source footage, tell us about the codecs, not just the container types. For example, "H.264 in a .mov container", not just "QuickTime".

Downloading video from Sony VX2000 I used "scene detect" and ended up with about 80, on average, clips per one hour tape. I am loading two or three of these "clips" into this project for testing. Total sequence length, maybe three minutes.

If you are getting error message(s), what is the full text of the error message(s)?

No error messages unless they are audio then I would not hear them anyway

What were you doing when the problem occurred?

It occurs at random. The most recent is simply closing PP and re-opening

Has this ever worked before?

Never reliably. I was able to edit one two hour DVD and that was it everythng else is full of RANDOM audio drops.

I am completely dead in the water - I have been working 13 hours a day for the last four days and have absolutely NOTHING I can use to show for it. AND there is no point in starting again because I have no idea when or where disaster is going to strike!